That's a virus hoax from last year. Here's the write up from Symantec's Anti Virus Center: "Guts to Say Jesus Hoax Virus Name: Guts to Say Jesus Hoax Aliases: RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER Region: EMail Description: This information is a hoax and should be ignored. Sample of hoax message: WARNING If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus', DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced on 21 April by IBM stating that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that might access the Internet. Sample of hoax message: VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!! If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus'" DO NOT open it. It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with everyone that might access the internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your address book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not open or even look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVER." This virus will attach itself to your computer components and render them useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has said that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this to all your online friends ASAP. Sample of hoax message: If you receive an email titled "It Takes Guts to Say 'Jesus' DO NOT OPEN IT. It will erase everything on your hard drive. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the re-format function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys MacIntosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book and please share it with all your online friends ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please practice cautionary measures and tell anyone that may have access to your computer. Forward this warning to everyone that might access the internet. Please ignore any messages regarding this "hoax" and do not pass on any messages regarding it. Passing on messages about this hoax serves only to further propagate it. Write-up by: Motoaki Yamamura May 6, 1999 " -----Original Message----- From: Slobojan, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:33 PM To: CSMFO (E-mail); CMTA Members (E-mail) Subject: [CSMFO Members] VIRUS ALERT A new virus has been detected. Please do not open any email with the subject or words: It takes guts to say jesus. If you receive such an email, contact your information systems help desk. Jim Slobojan Deputy City Treasurer City of Huntington Beach (714) 536-5200
